diff --git a/cmd/configure/configure.go b/cmd/configure/configure.go
index 5c6ade40d..e0c4f4049 100644
--- a/cmd/configure/configure.go
+++ b/cmd/configure/configure.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/util/templates"
-	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout"
+	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout/sprigin"
 )
 
 type device struct {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ var configTmpl string
 
 // RenderConfiguration creates a yaml configuration
 func (c *Configure) RenderConfiguration() ([]byte, error) {
-	tmpl, err := template.New("yaml").Funcs(sprout.FuncMap()).Parse(configTmpl)
+	tmpl, err := template.New("yaml").Funcs(sprigin.FuncMap()).Parse(configTmpl)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/dump.go b/cmd/dump.go
index 76934cdf9..665243f1d 100644
--- a/cmd/dump.go
+++ b/cmd/dump.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/core"
 	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/server"
 	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/util/config"
-	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout"
+	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout/sprigin"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func runDump(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 		tmpl := template.Must(
 			template.New("dump").
-				Funcs(sprout.FuncMap()).
+				Funcs(sprigin.FuncMap()).
 				Parse(dumpTmpl))
 
 		out := new(bytes.Buffer)
diff --git a/cmd/eebus.go b/cmd/eebus.go
index 30b2ddbc6..1d34618e1 100644
--- a/cmd/eebus.go
+++ b/cmd/eebus.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/server/eebus"
-	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout"
+	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout/sprigin"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func generateEEBUSCert() {
 		log.FATAL.Fatal("could not process generated certificate", err)
 	}
 
-	t := template.Must(template.New("out").Funcs(sprout.FuncMap()).Parse(tmpl))
+	t := template.Must(template.New("out").Funcs(sprigin.FuncMap()).Parse(tmpl))
 	if err := t.Execute(os.Stdout, map[string]interface{}{
 		"public":  pubKey,
 		"private": privKey,
diff --git a/cmd/tools/decorate.go b/cmd/tools/decorate.go
index a4d013f06..dc61640c7 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/decorate.go
+++ b/cmd/tools/decorate.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
-	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout"
+	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout/sprigin"
 	combinations "github.com/mxschmitt/golang-combinations"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/imports"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func generate(out io.Writer, packageName, functionName, baseType string, dynamic
 	types := make(map[string]typeStruct, len(dynamicTypes))
 	combos := make([]string, 0)
 
-	tmpl, err := template.New("gen").Funcs(sprout.FuncMap()).Funcs(template.FuncMap{
+	tmpl, err := template.New("gen").Funcs(sprigin.FuncMap()).Funcs(template.FuncMap{
 		// contains checks if slice contains string
 		"contains": slices.Contains[[]string, string],
 		// ordered returns a slice of typeStructs ordered by dynamicType
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cdc83ac4d..aa2eb0ffe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ahmetb/go-linq/v3 v3.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/apapsch/go-jsonmerge/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
@@ -153,6 +154,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/mergermarket/go-pkcs7 v0.0.0-20170926155232-153b18ea13c9 // indirect
 	github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20200706080929-d51e80ef957d // indirect
 	github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.62 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 094b38840..dfd81468b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0 h1:kuoIxZQy2WRRk1pttg9asf+WVv6tWQuBNVmK8+nqPr0=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.4.0/go.mod h1:ukJfTF/6rtPPRCnwkur4qwRxa8vTRFBF0uk2lLoLwho=
 github.com/Knetic/govaluate v3.0.1-0.20171022003610-9aa49832a739+incompatible/go.mod h1:r7JcOSlj0wfOMncg0iLm8Leh48TZaKVeNIfJntJ2wa0=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1 h1:RN9w6+7QoMeJVGyfmbcgs28Br8cvmnucEXnY0rYXWg0=
+github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1/go.mod h1:qvl/7zhW3nngYb5+80sSMF+FG2BjYrf8m9wsX0PNOMQ=
 github.com/Netflix/go-expect v0.0.0-20220104043353-73e0943537d2 h1:+vx7roKuyA63nhn5WAunQHLTznkw5W8b1Xc0dNjp83s=
 github.com/Netflix/go-expect v0.0.0-20220104043353-73e0943537d2/go.mod h1:HBCaDeC1lPdgDeDbhX8XFpy1jqjK0IBG8W5K+xYqA0w=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.9.2 h1:4/wZksC3KgkQw7SQgkKotmKljk0M6V8TUvA8Wb4yPeE=
@@ -423,6 +425,8 @@ github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.43/go.mod h1:+evo5L0630/F6ca/Z9+GAqzhjGyn8/c+TBaOyfEl0
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.62 h1:cN8OuEF1/x5Rq6Np+h1epln8OiyPWV+lROx9LxcGgIQ=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.62/go.mod h1:mvDlcItzm+br7MToIKqkglaGhlFMHJ9DTNNWONWXbNQ=
 github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.0.0/go.mod h1:hNIlj7HEI86fIcpObd7a0FcrxTWetlwJDGcceTlRvqc=
+github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 h1:vpKXTN4ewci03Vljg/q9QvCGUDttBOGBIa15WveJJGw=
+github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0/go.mod h1:qLl+cE2AmVv+CoeAwDPye/v+N2HKCj9FbZEVFJRxO9s=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.0.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 h1:lukF9ziXFxDFPkA1vsr5zpc1XuPDn/wFntq5mG+4E0Y=
 github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0/go.mod h1:SfyaCUpYCn1Vlf4IUYiD9fPX4A5wJrkLzIz1N1q0pr0=
@@ -431,6 +435,8 @@ github.com/mitchellh/gox v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Sd9lOJ0+aimLBi73mGofS1ycjY8lL3uZM3JPS4
 github.com/mitchellh/iochan v1.0.0/go.mod h1:JwYml1nuB7xOzsp52dPpHFffvOCDupsG0QubkSMEySY=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v0.0.0-20160808181253-ca63d7c062ee/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
+github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2 h1:G2LzWKi524PWgd3mLHV8Y5k7s6XUvT0Gef6zxSIeXaQ=
+github.com/mitchellh/reflectwalk v1.0.2/go.mod h1:mSTlrgnPZtwu0c4WaC2kGObEpuNDbx0jmZXqmk4esnw=
 github.com/mlnoga/rct v0.1.2-0.20240421173556-1c5b75037e2f h1:63hbvjkIpccli0EA60fqvzokvU1fH1ZPiNzlF/vUmvM=
 github.com/mlnoga/rct v0.1.2-0.20240421173556-1c5b75037e2f/go.mod h1:0lfd2mmBnBzIvuzYtdhG+2371u+cUfIxsYErm4P9KRI=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180228061459-e0a39a4cb421/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
diff --git a/push/hub.go b/push/hub.go
index 1376a4218..f08ec87c6 100644
--- a/push/hub.go
+++ b/push/hub.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/core/vehicle"
 	"github.com/evcc-io/evcc/util"
-	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout"
+	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout/sprigin"
 )
 
 // Event is a notification event
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ type Hub struct {
 func NewHub(cc map[string]EventTemplateConfig, vv Vehicles, cache *util.Cache) (*Hub, error) {
 	// instantiate all event templates
 	for k, v := range cc {
-		if _, err := template.New("out").Funcs(sprout.FuncMap()).Parse(v.Title); err != nil {
+		if _, err := template.New("out").Funcs(sprigin.FuncMap()).Parse(v.Title); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid event title: %s (%w)", k, err)
 		}
-		if _, err := template.New("out").Funcs(sprout.FuncMap()).Parse(v.Msg); err != nil {
+		if _, err := template.New("out").Funcs(sprigin.FuncMap()).Parse(v.Msg); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid event message: %s (%w)", k, err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/util/format.go b/util/format.go
index e54e50899..6ff27c62e 100644
--- a/util/format.go
+++ b/util/format.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout"
+	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout/sprigin"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 )
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func FormatValue(format string, val interface{}) string {
 func ReplaceFormatted(s string, kv map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
 	// Enhanced golang template logic
 	tpl, err := template.New("base").
-		Funcs(sprout.FuncMap()).
+		Funcs(sprigin.FuncMap()).
 		Funcs(map[string]any{
 			"timeRound": timeRound,
 		}).Parse(s)
diff --git a/util/templates/documentation.go b/util/templates/documentation.go
index c041af521..17d016c55 100644
--- a/util/templates/documentation.go
+++ b/util/templates/documentation.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
-	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout"
+	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout/sprigin"
 )
 
 //go:embed documentation.tpl
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (t *Template) RenderDocumentation(product Product, lang string) ([]byte, er
 	var modbusRender string
 	if modbusChoices := t.ModbusChoices(); len(modbusChoices) > 0 {
 		if i, _ := t.ParamByName(ParamModbus); i > -1 {
-			modbusTmpl, err := template.New("yaml").Funcs(sprout.FuncMap()).Parse(documentationModbusTmpl)
+			modbusTmpl, err := template.New("yaml").Funcs(sprigin.FuncMap()).Parse(documentationModbusTmpl)
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(err)
 			}
diff --git a/util/templates/template.go b/util/templates/template.go
index c2e1d09b9..9077b6b93 100644
--- a/util/templates/template.go
+++ b/util/templates/template.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
-	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout"
+	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout/sprigin"
 )
 
 // Template describes is a proxy device for use with cli and automated testing
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ var proxyTmpl string
 
 // RenderProxyWithValues renders the proxy template
 func (t *Template) RenderProxyWithValues(values map[string]interface{}, lang string) ([]byte, error) {
-	tmpl, err := template.New("yaml").Funcs(sprout.FuncMap()).Parse(proxyTmpl)
+	tmpl, err := template.New("yaml").Funcs(sprigin.FuncMap()).Parse(proxyTmpl)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/util/templates/utils.go b/util/templates/utils.go
index 3058743e7..1a83a6a13 100644
--- a/util/templates/utils.go
+++ b/util/templates/utils.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
-	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout"
+	"github.com/go-sprout/sprout/sprigin"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@ func FuncMap(tmpl *template.Template) *template.Template {
 		"urlEncode": url.QueryEscape,
 	}
 
-	return tmpl.Funcs(sprout.FuncMap()).Funcs(funcMap)
+	return tmpl.Funcs(sprigin.FuncMap()).Funcs(funcMap)
 }